Out enjoying the backyard today and it was swarming with some kind of UFB's. They were everywhere. I had hung out the laundry today and had to pick these UFB's (which by the way were doing the nasty on my button down shirts YUCK) off all my freshly washed clothes. They seemed to be concentrated mostly around one area; over by the evergreen trees inbetween my house and the neighbors house. I decided to play Entomologist and I captured some of them in a clear glass and placed some celophane over the top so I could observe them. Brought them inside and sat down at the computer. Do you know how many bugs there are in this world? I think I narrowed it down to either a flying ant or a termite. I'm hoping it's not the latter. I'm still not sure if it's either.
Has anyone reading this blog ever encountered a flying insect the size of an ant, with the same length wings, clear except for a dark design on outside of wings..very short antennea and mating all over the place...little help here if you've experienced anything like this.
Hey, lest you forget, I still want chickens...talking with a friend last evening about chickens....IT. WAS. FUN. ...just something about those little, feathery, clucking, egg making birds...someday...I can almost smell the eggs and bacon (I do not want a pig, that would be over the top for the burbs)..I will have chickens...BAWK!
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The chick supply may be gone for the season. Last Saturday, Tractor Supply was selling chicks, but most were gone. They had six or seven different pens, and four of them were empty. There were still a few in the other pens, but people were picking them out like UFBs in a garden.
ReplyDeleteI'm still hopeful, Roger. Maybe not this year, but I'm working on a future with chickens. Just missed a used chicken coop that someone brought in to sell at a used furniture store out in Peter's Twp. The lady lived on a farm and dropped off two coops and some old fashion fruit boxes, of which I bought two. I'll be using these for basil for the front porch and lettuce for the back porch.
ReplyDeleteI should have made the trip to Tractor Supply to check out the chicks, even if I'm not ready to purchase yet.......